Cinque Terre....the best yet!

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February 12th 2008
We have found the perfect place to "winter"...Cinque Terre. We are so grateful to our friends Tad & Liz that recommended this area to us, knowing how much we enjoy great scenery and the outdoors activities. This place was amazing....here's more: We left Rome on a train to La Spezia, where we caught another train to Riomaggiore, the first of five towns (Cinque Terre in Italian means 5 Towns). We ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more